"controversially became the first foreign manager of the English national team, managing the team for two World Cups and Euro 2004. He made it to spot 97 on the ""100 Greatest Swedes"" list published by the daily DN in 2009. Elin Nordegren married professional golfer Tiger Woods in 2004 and gained worldwide attention during their public falling out in late 2009. History of Sweden (1991–present) After a period of rapid growth and unprecedented prosperity during the late 1980s, by 1990 the Swedish economy overheated, and after a controversial bill freezing salaries and banning strikes failed in the Riksdag, the social"
"She started modeling in 2000, and appeared on the cover of ""Cafe Sport"" magazine in the summer of 2000. Nordegren took a job in a Stockholm clothing store called Champagne, where she met Mia Parnevik, wife of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who hired Nordegren as the nanny to their children, a job that required her to move full-time to the U.S. He introduced her to Woods during the 2001 Open Championship. After Woods' subsequent infidelity was revealed, Parnevik was quoted as having said, ""I'm kind of filled with sorrow for Elin since me and my wife are at fault for"
"of Swedish-Nigerian artist Dr. Alban, retired footballer Thomas Brolin and table tennis player Jan-Ove Waldner. They are often seen together in Stockholm. Runar Søgaard ""Runar Søgaard"" (born 27 June 1967 in Kongsvinger, Hedmark, Norway) is a Norwegian leadership trainer, life-coach and motivational speaker. He was earlier married to singer Carola Häggkvist. In May 2004 he created some reaction during a speech in Stockholm, by saying that the Islamic prophet Muhammad had been a pedophile. This led to some condemnation and protests. During the same sermon he also made disparaging remarks about Jesus and Siddharta. Søgaard received threats from radical Islamists."
"English. In 2005 she became a show jumping rider and stopped modeling. She is a shareholder and founding member of the private club ""Bläk"" that opened in Helsinki in October 2007. In February 2008 she and her then husband became advertising models for TAG Heuer eyewear. She met Formula One racing driver Kimi Räikkönen in early 2002 during the Miss Scandinavia contest that she won. They married on 31 July 2004. They lived between Finland and Switzerland. They separated in February 2013, and divorced in 2014. Jenni Dahlman Jenni Dahlman (born 27 October 1981) is a Finnish former model and"
"on 23 July 2010. They live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) and have a summer house on Alnön in Sweden. Emma Andersson Emma Andersson (born 24 April 1979 in Barkåkra, Sweden) is a Swedish television personality and singer. She is married to Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg. Andersson first claimed to fame in ""Expedition Robinson"" 2001 as one of the contestants. One year after her television adventure, she launched a singing career releasing the music album ""Who I Am"". Among her most known songs are ""Weightless"", a duet with Bosson, though the album never became a"
"knee injury. He was replaced by Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund and Henrik Sedin was named the captain in his place. Zetterberg goes by the nicknames of ""Zäta"" (pronounced ""Zaeta,"" which means ""Z"" in Swedish) and ""Hank,"" an anglicized shortening of Henrik that is used by his Red Wings teammates. In the summer of 2008 he became engaged to Emma Andersson, a Swedish model and TV host. On 23 July 2010, Zetterberg married his fiancée near the bride's hometown in Mölle, Sweden. On 20 August 2015, Andersson gave birth to their first child, a son named Love (pronounced Loo-VEY). Zetterberg"
"proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve. They were married in October 2004, by the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost Shortly after Nordegren's relationship with Woods became public, nude photographs purporting to be of Nordegren began circulating on the Internet, which were established to be fakes. Despite the debunking, in 2006, Irish magazine ""The Dubliner"" published the nude photographs and stated they were of Nordegren. On November 16, 2006, Nordegren filed a libel suit against ""The Dubliner"". Nordegren won"
"The governing body was widely criticised for failing to honour Therese Sjögran, who had 187 caps. After Sweden failed to win against Portugal in the play-offs for the World Cup 2014 in November 2013, Svensson decided to retire from international duty. In 2014, Svensson, still actively playing at that time, started to work as a football commentator for Kanal 5. IF Elfsborg Southampton Svensson was in a two-year relationship with fashion designer Anine Bing while playing for Southampton. The pair met in London where she was modeling at the time. Svensson married Emma Johansson in July 2007 at Thorsborgs. Anders"
"most popular TV-personality"" (becoming the youngest person to ever receive that award). In the late 1990s, Kaspersen hosted the entertainment show ""Söndagsöppet"" alongside Ulf Larsson. On this program she interviewed famous celebrities such as Cher and Tom Jones. In 2002, Kaspersen hosted Melodifestivalen (aired on SVT), and in 2003 and 2005, she hosted ""Fortet"" (TV4), a Swedish version of ""Fort Boyard"". Since 2007, Kaspersen has been one of the hosts of TV4's ""Nyhetsmorgon"", the largest morning show in Sweden. She also hosted TV4's coverage of the 2010 wedding between Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. Kaspersen is also"
"new version of ""The Famous Five"" and various dramas for BBC Radio 4. She also appears as the Doctor's companion, Amy, in a trilogy of linked ""Doctor Who"" audio dramas, beginning with ""The Judgement of Isskar"". She voiced Lucy on the Millimages animated series ""64 Zoo Lane"" from 1999-2000. She is in a relationship with Swedish singer, Eurovision winner and presenter Måns Zelmerlöw and they became engaged in late 2017. In December 2017, Zelmerlöw revealed to Swedish press that the couple were expecting a child together. A few weeks later he confirmed that they would be having a baby boy."
"Katja of Sweden Katja Ingergard Geiger (born Karin Ingegerd Hallberg; 12 January 1920 – 25 January 2017), better known as Katja of Sweden, was a Swedish fashion designer. After studying art and design at Konstfack and Beckmans in Stockholm, Sweden, Karin moved to New York City in 1946 to study fashion design at Parson's School of Design. There she married movie producer and director Rod E. Geiger who at the time was producing movies for Roberto Rossellini. Katja and her husband launched the Katja of Sweden brand in the late 1940s. Katja became close friends with Rosselini's wife Ingrid Bergman,"
"during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as an au pair. They married on October 5, 2004, at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados, and lived at Isleworth, a community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida. In 2006, they purchased a $39-million estate in Jupiter Island, Florida, and began constructing a 10,000-square-foot home; Woods moved there in 2010 following the couple's divorce. Woods and Nordegren's first child was a girl born in 2007, whom they named Sam Alexis Woods. Woods chose the name because his own father had always called him"
"is also known to wear her jewellery. She has stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and New York. The estimated turnover for her company was SEK 100 million in 2011. Attling was married to pop singer/writer Niklas Strömstedt, with whom she has two children, from 1985 to 1995. She entered a civil union with Swedish pop singer Eva Dahlgren in 1996. They were married in 2009 after Sweden passed its gender neutral marriage law. Attling has received a medal from the Royal Swedish Patriotic Society in April 2011 for distinguishing herself as an internationally known jewellery designer. Efva Attling Efva Katarina"
"known reality series stars such as Meral Tasbas, Qristina Ribohn and Robban Andersson. The series was broadcast on TV3. Silvstedt published her autobiography ""Les Secrets de Victoria. Dans la Tête de Victoria Silvstedt"" (Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Éditeur), co-written with journalist Christelle Crosnier, in France in 2010. Silvstedt met Chris Wragge in 1999, when he interviewed her for ""Entertainment Tonight"". They were married in 2000 and divorced in 2009. According to the Finnish broadsheet newspaper ""Keskisuomalainen"", Silvstedt earns millions of dollars every year for her work in modelling, television presenting, and promoting various brands and products. Silvstedt speaks English, French, and Italian,"
"12 June 2010, making it Scandinavia’s most expensive wedding, outspending the Crown Princess of Sweden. The lavish treatment of the guests included chartering an airplane and renting all the rooms of La Mamounia, one of the world’s finest luxury hotels. The ceremony was officiated by Bob Geldof in front of 240 of Norway’s most prominent celebrities, from finance and the arts. The wedding received press attention normally reserved for royal weddings; Norway’s largest news website, VG Nett, had a protocol for the public to leave their greetings. The couple has since been dubbed the Bill and Melinda Gates of Norway"
"worldwide. Lindeberg decided to feature his collections for the first time as a part of official New York Fashion Week Schedule in Bryant Park. At this point J.Lindeberg took a serious step onto the international high-end fashion scene and became the first Scandinavian brand to be featured in several international fashion editorials. J.Lindeberg has been worn on several official occasions by Bono from U2, Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, The Killers, and Jane's Addiction, among others. In mid-2002, Lindeberg and his wife Marcella, whom he met at Diesel, permanently relocated to London to set up a base for J.Lindeberg's"
"the relationship between Hellqvist and Prince Carl Philip. The UK ""Daily Telegraph"" described the news as putting the Swedish monarchy ""on the defensive"", due to Hellqvist's history as a semi-nude model and reality television contestant. In April 2011, the couple moved in together in Djurgården of Stockholm, which was confirmed by the palace. On 27 June 2014, the couple's engagement was announced, and in December, Hellqvist made an appearance at the Nobel Banquet with her future husband. In May 2015, it was announced that she would receive the title of princess. The couple married at Slottskyrkan in Stockholm on 13"
"Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2001. She was the host of the Swedish section of ""Scandinavia's Next Top Model"" which premiered February 16, 2005. Andén has appeared in a handful of films and produced the 2003 short film ""Buffoon"", which starred her husband Taber Schroeder. She appeared in MyNetworkTV's ""Fashion House"" in which she played a self-destructive model Tania Ford. She married model Taber Schroeder in 2001, and they live together in Los Angeles. Mini Andén Susanna Clara Elisabeth ""Mini"" Andén (born 7 June 1978) is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host and producer. She was born in Stockholm and"
"three. She moved to the United States in 1994 to begin a modelling career, and six years later, she was hired as the personal trainer of pop musician Paul Anka. Åberg and Anka soon started a relationship and got married in 2008, when Åberg changed her surname to Anka. They were living in Westlake Village, California, with their children Ethan and Elli. Anna Anka was then a housewife, which she described as a ""full-time job"". In the first episode of ""Svenska Hollywoodfruar"", Anka followed her husband to one of his concerts across the U.S. Agnes-Nicole Winter is a Swedish actress"
"with a woman with whom he had a daughter in the 1990s. In 2000, during his participation in ""Big Brother"", he met singer Viktoria Tolstoy, and the couple were married in 2001. They divorced in March 2008. He later married singer Lena Philipsson in 2010, but they were divorced in July 2013. In June 2015, Holknekt announced he had once again fallen in love, this time with 36-year-old fashion photographer Anna Lundell. Per Holknekt Per Olof Holknekt, (born 27 April 1960) is a Swedish fashion designer and entrepreneur. He is also the founder of several magazines and companies, the most"
"projects such as ""Hot Dog"", ""Puritan"" and ""Messages"". Also she has functioned as a custom buyer, a custom assistant. She has opened a very successful bar ""salotto42"" in Rome where she now lives with her husband Damiano Mazzarella and 2 kids, Tiago (4) and Milo (2). Persson is known from ""Scandinavia's Next Top Model"", where she encourages Swedish girls to fulfil their modeling ambitions. Previously, Mini Anden was the host, but Persson replaced her due to criticism of Anden. She left and was replaced by Swedish model Vendela Kirsebom as a host for Cycle 4. Malin Persson Malin Persson (born"
"as a ""space villainess"" in a ""Pigs in Space"" skit on ""Muppets Tonight"". She also lent her voice to a fictionalized version of herself on ""Johnny Bravo"". In 1999, she hosted the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen 1999. From 2006 to 2008, she hosted the Norwegian version of ""Top Model"", and also hosted the fourth cycle of the Swedish version in 2007. In 1996, Kirsebom married Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen, a Roman Catholic of French and Norwegian descent. They separated in 2007 after 11 years of marriage and Kirsebom moved to Oslo with their two daughters, Julia and Hannah. In addition"
"screen along with another previous Swedish winner Loreen. In October 2016, she released her new Christmas album titled Drömmen om Julen. The release will be followed by a tour. Her status as one of the most popular national celebrities of her country made her more or less constantly followed by the tabloid press. She has often talked about her Christian faith and much of the focus has been around her membership in the controversial evangelical church ""Livets Ord"" (Word of Life). She was married to Runar Søgaard, a Norwegian Christian preacher, with whom she has a son, Amadeus, and a"
"born in 1993 ( who is now an established model herself having appeared in the 2014 worldwide Magnum ice cream television advert), and Jens-Kristian, born in 1995 ( also a model), and youngest Hugo with her husband, Thomas Helmig. In 1997 she worked as a fashion editor for the Danish magazine ""Asschenfeldts Magasin"", which, however, ceased operations after a few issues. That summer she began a relationship with Danish rock singer Thomas Helmig, whom she married in August 2000. The two were separated in 2014 but later reconciled. In 2002 she completed her degree in psychology. In 2003 Simonsen signed"
"independent media and communications agency that produces, manages and develops on-line portals, magazines, events, social media content, brand ambassadors, etc. all tied to its publications/titles. The publications have individual target audiences, which together cover women and men 15 to 45 years of age throughout Sweden. He married the Swedish ""Big Brother"" contestant, Angelica Rimér in a ceremony in Las Vegas during the spring of 2006. On 14 September 2007 Angelica announced that the couple had split. Angelica filed for divorce on 28 August 2008 citing irreconcilable differences. He has a daughter named Nova (born 17 April 2003) from a previous"
"independent theatre group, and growing up in that environment influenced her sense of style: ""I was around people who dressed up for work every day, and so the concept of how you can use clothes to change your personality or communicate who you are is very interesting to me."" The singer began dating Olof Inger in 2003, and they were engaged until 2011. She later became engaged to videographer Max Vitali, referring to him in a 2013 interview with ""Collection of Style"" magazine as her fiancé: ""We became friends when we made the video for 'Be Mine', and now we"
"including performances in Australia, Japan, Russia, South Africa, and the United States. In addition she has made numerous award-winning recordings for various labels including Avie, BIS, Caprice, CPO Germany, and Harmonia Mundi, among others. She also teaches singing, having taught Baroque singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Scandinavian Bach Academy in Örebro. In 1988 she married Hans Bjerhag (born 1959) and they now live together in Stockholm. Susanne Rydén Susanne Ingegerd Rydén (born 2 October 1962) is a Swedish soprano who has been called ""Sweden's most renowned singer"". She specializes in early music and has"
"and the situation lead to Meister being sacked from Team Aylar. During Christmas 2008 Meister appeared in FHM magazine, and attracted attention as readers could scrape off her bikini in the manner of a lottery ticket. Meister has also regularly worked since 2007 as a sex-columnist in ""FHM"" Magazine in her ""Ask Linni"" section. Meister and Bernhard Berntzen married in a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 21 July 2010. She gave birth to a son, Dennis Michael Bernhard, on 9 September 2009. Linni Meister Linni Irene Meister (born December 4, 1985) is a Norwegian glamour model, pop singer"
"Magdalena Graaf Engla Maria Magdalena Graaf (born 2 September 1975 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish model, singer, and author. In 1998, she and her sister Hannah joined together and formed the group The Graaf Sisters, who became popular with the song ""You Got What I Want Baby"". She was also the wife of footballer Magnus Hedman and as a result has been voted the sexiest footballer's wife. Graaf was born in Gothenburg, but she grew up in Kungsängen in Stockholm County, to Swedish Pentecostal parents. In her late teens, Graaf became pregnant with her son Isak. Instead of burdening or"
"for the break-up. In April 2010, Carl Philip was linked in the press with former glamour model Sofia Hellqvist. In August 2010, Royal Court spokesperson Nina Eldh confirmed the relationship between Carl Philip and Hellqvist in a statement released by the palace. On 27 June 2014, it was announced that Carl Philip and Hellqvist were engaged. They married on 13 June 2015 in Stockholm's Royal Palace chapel, and thousands of people lined the streets for the occasion. In an interview he criticized the press for suggesting that Hellqvist was not welcome in the royal family. He told the press that"
"success. His June 2011 album ""Om min Jesus"" reached #29 in the Sverigetopplistan, Official Swedish Albums Chart. The compilation album had a similar commercial success appearing in the general contemporary pop charts at #32 in its first week of release in June 2012. He is married to Patricia Hallman (born in 1974) and together they led the national Kings Kids charity organization until 2008, when he became pastor of the Pentecostal church Gränna and concentrated on his gospel songwriting and recording. For several years he has been also a worship leader and singer at the Pentecostal annual conference called Nyhemsveckan."
"and Almenäs were praised for being the first female duo to present the gala. In 2010 Sjögren presented the indoor world championships in Qatar, the Diamond League broadcasts and the athletics world championships in Barcelona. She has also presented ""Nyhetsmorgon"". In 2009 Sjögren won a celebrity edition of the TV3 show Singing Bee, winning 50,000 (SEK) for the charity MinStoraDag. Sjögren was elected as Sweden's sexiest woman by the men's magazine ""Slitz"" in 2001. Suzanne Sjögren Suzanne Leila Sjögren Jensen (born 27 May 1974) is a Swedish sports journalist and television presenter who works for TV4. Sjögren started her career"
"1980s but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with the hit album ""En blekt blondins hjärta"" which sold over half a million copies and netted the singer five Grammis awards. In 1996 Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out as a lesbian through her civil union with jewellery designer Efva Attling. In connection with the civil union, Dahlgren changed her surname to Dahlgren-Attling. In 2009 they got married, after Sweden passed its gender neutral marriage law. Eva Dahlgren toured July - August 2008 together with Peter Jöback in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The tour"